A Day At Waterloo
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| Author | : David Armine Howarth |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 239 |
| Release | : 1968 |
| Genre | : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 |
| ISBN | : |
For eighteen years, Napoleon and his armies had overrun and terrorized more and more of Europe. Most of that time, the families of the British soldiers had lived in fear of invasion, and the younger soldiers themselves had been brought up with Napoleon as a familiar bogy. Then at last he had overreached himself and been beaten -- and Wellington and his British troops, fighting through the Spanish peninsula, had been able to claim a good share of the credit for his downfall. In April 1814, only just over a year before, Napoleon had been sent into exile on the island of Elba. - p. [5].
| Author | : Dan Harvey |
| Publisher | : Merrion Press |
| Total Pages | : 189 |
| Release | : 2017-06-05 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 1785371436 |
Within the grand narrative of the Battle of Waterloo – one that marks the end of Napoleon’s career as conqueror and the beginning of an extended peace in western Europe – little is known of the formidable efforts made by the Irish who supplemented the strength of the British Army and, in no small measure, directed the outcome of this vital moment in the history of the world. Through empirical research, Dan Harvey has delivered a book that reveals the manoeuvres that the Irish mounted against the French and the courage that they displayed at so many points within the confrontation. Harvey examines attacks from the French infantry, cavalry and Imperial Guard, revealing how Irish soldiers bore the brunt of Napoleon’s frontal assault; they suffered many casualties but were also witness to countless feats of valour. A Bloody Day brings the actions of the Irish at Waterloo into focus, unravelling the true import of their deeds on Sunday, 18 June 1815.
| Author | : David Armine Howarth |
| Publisher | : Weidenfeld & Nicolson |
| Total Pages | : 156 |
| Release | : 1997 |
| Genre | : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 |
| ISBN | : 9781900624022 |
'Vivid, violent, almost impossible to put down unfinished, this is a particularly welcome reprint of a masterpiece' The Good Book Guide
| Author | : David J. Blackmore |
| Publisher | : From Reason to Revolution |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2019 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9781912866663 |
Making extensive use of previously unpublished material this book gives an unprecedented view of the Waterloo Campaign from the viewpoint of a single regiment. It reveals the preparations that preceded the battle, the role of the regiment in the battle, and the long months spent in France after Paris fell, until the regiment finally returned home in December 1815. An Order Book for the year, and letters and diaries of several officers, shed light on the internal life of the regiment and their - occasionally humorous - social life.
| Author | : Emily Grayson |
| Publisher | : Harper Collins |
| Total Pages | : 306 |
| Release | : 2009-10-13 |
| Genre | : Fiction |
| ISBN | : 0061978353 |
These were days of uncertainty and peril, of noble deeds and great sacrifice. An exciting time to be young and adventurous . . . but a dangerous time to fall in love.
| Author | : Brendan Simms |
| Publisher | : Basic Books |
| Total Pages | : 209 |
| Release | : 2015-02-10 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 0465039944 |
From the prizewinning author of Europe, a riveting account of the heroic Second Light Battalion, which held the line at Waterloo, defeating Napoleon and changing the course of history. In 1815, the deposed emperor Napoleon returned to France and threatened the already devastated and exhausted continent with yet another war. Near the small Belgian municipality of Waterloo, two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe-Napoleon's forces on one side, and the Duke of Wellington on the other. With so much at stake, neither commander could have predicted that the battle would be decided by the Second Light Battalion, King's German Legion, which was given the deceptively simple task of defending the Haye Sainte farmhouse, a crucial crossroads on the way to Brussels. In The Longest Afternoon, Brendan Simms captures the chaos of Waterloo in a minute-by-minute account that reveals how these 400-odd riflemen successfully beat back wave after wave of French infantry. The battalion suffered terrible casualties, but their fighting spirit and refusal to retreat ultimately decided the most influential battle in European history.
| Author | : Olivier Tallec |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 2012 |
| Genre | : Juvenile Fiction |
| ISBN | : 9781592701278 |
Portrays two soldiers separated by two walls who spy on each other day and night until one day they finally meet face-to-face.
| Author | : Mark Adkin |
| Publisher | : Stackpole Books |
| Total Pages | : 504 |
| Release | : 2001 |
| Genre | : History |
| ISBN | : 9780811718547 |
There have been many books about Waterloo, but never one to rival this in scale or authority. The text, based upon extensive research, describes both the battle and the campaign that preceded it in detail, drawing upon the first-hand accounts of participants on all sides in order to give the reader a vivid feeling for the experiences of those who fought upon this most celebrated of all battlefields. The many full-color maps, all specially commissioned for the book, and the numerous diagrams and photographs, the majority in color, as well as sixteen pages of original paintings, make the book a feast for the eyes and a collector's dream.
| Author | : Robert Lordan |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 160 |
| Release | : 2021-05 |
| Genre | : Railroad stations |
| ISBN | : 9781785008689 |
London's Waterloo Station is Britain's biggest and busiest railway terminal and, at over 170 years old, has a rich and fascinating history to discover. This book takes an in-depth look at the terminal's past, covering all decades from the 1840s to the present day. With more than 160 archive and contemporary photographs, it includes: Waterloo's precursor, Nine Elms The expansion and chaos that occurred in the late nineteenth century How Waterloo fared during the two World Wars and The Necropolis Railway which, for almost ninety years, conveyed coffins to Brookwood Cemetery. The curious satellite station, Waterloo East, is covered along with the Waterloo and City line link to the capital's financial heart. There is the story behind London's first Eurostar terminal and the station's impact on popular culture, including literature, film, television, art and music. Finally, there is a revealing insight into what lies beneath the station, in the vast, cavernous area that the public never get to see.
| Author | : David G. Chandler |
| Publisher | : |
| Total Pages | : 0 |
| Release | : 1980 |
| Genre | : Waterloo, Battle of, Waterloo, Belgium, 1815 |
| ISBN | : |
